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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456880003321

Titolo

Technoscience and environmental justice [[electronic resource] ] : expert cultures in a grassroots movement / / edited by Gwen Ottinger and Benjamin Cohen ; afterword by Kim Fortun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-25868-4

9786613258687

0-262-29840-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Urban and industrial environments

Altri autori (Persone)

OttingerGwen

CohenBenjamin R

FortunKim

Disciplina

363.7

Soggetti

Technology - Environmental aspects

Science - Environmental aspects

Industries - Environmental aspects

Environmental justice

Environmental health

Environmental policy - Citizen participation

Environmental policy - Decision making

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Forging environmentally just expertise -- pt. 2. Extending just transformations of expert practice.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the environmental justice movement has also begun to transform science and engineering. The chapters present case studies of technical experts' encounters with environmental justice and activists and issues.